Sheep's Head Way
Waymarked Way · Cork
4,000
XP
a 8-day route
600 m
300 m
0 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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Climb
4065 m
Drop
4339 m
Highest
444 m
Lowest
0 m
A 8-day route, walked in stages. 4,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Downhill: Climbs 18% for 1200 m near the end, comes down 18% for 850 m early on.
Uphill: Climbs 18% for 850 m near the end, comes down 18% for 1200 m early on.
Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.
How the 177.7 km splits
Flat
69.5 km
Climbing
50.9 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.2 km
Descending
51.6 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.4 km
Link it with other walks
Sheep's Head - St. Finbarr's Way (Drimoleague)
Shares 12.4 km of path · meets at km 109.2, 109.6, 109.8…39.7 km
Sheep's Head - Poet's Way Loop
Shares 9.7 km of path · meets at km 30.3, 32.1, 35.4…12.4 km
The Sheep's Head Looped Cycle
Starts here too · Shares 8.4 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 0.8, 1.7…60.8 km
Sheep's Head - Glanlough Loop
Shares 6.5 km of path · meets at km 13.0, 13.5, 13.7…16.9 km
Sheep's Head - Srón na Gaoithe (Kealkill)
Shares 6.1 km of path · meets at km 142.3, 142.7, 143.8…9.1 km
Sheep's Head - Rooska Loop
Starts here too · Shares 6.0 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 0.4, 0.7…13.9 km
Sheep's Head - Barnageehy Loop
Shares 5.9 km of path · meets at km 79.4, 80.2, 80.6…10.5 km
Sheep's Head - Mount Corrin Loop
Shares 4.8 km of path · meets at km 67.6, 68.7, 68.9…7.7 km
Sheep's Head - Póc an Tairbh (Kealkill)
Shares 4.8 km of path · meets at km 142.3, 142.7, 143.5…7.4 km
Sli Gaeltacht Mhuscrai
Shares 4.4 km of path · meets at km 142.4, 142.7, 149.7…71.3 km